The last three years have been challenging for various reasons. Our membership has had to face many obstacles. You’ve all continued to service the community of Toronto with a great amount of patience, understanding, and excellence.
We will continue to advocate for our brothers and sisters and use the new year as an opportunity to progress the initiatives and calls to action we’ve put out in support of our membership.
Wishing you and your families a very Happy New Year.
To our members who celebrate, hoping Kwanzaa brings you time to enjoy the blessings of family, community and togetherness.
Habari Gani! Wishing you a blessed Kwanzaa.
To our members who celebrate, wishing you and your families peace, health, happiness, and prosperity in the coming year. Merry Christmas!
To our Jewish members and all those who celebrate, Happy Hanukkah!
As you light Shabbat and Hanukkah candles on this sixth night, may the light bring you and your families warmth and happiness.
Chag Sameach!
ATU Local 113 volunteers joined the Parkdale Peace Project’s ‘Gift of Giving’ event recently, helping spread Christmas cheer to children in the community.
Today is the second annual Transit Worker Assault Awareness Day. For our members, it’s not just something we talk about and experience once a year. It’s every single day.
Our members continue to be faced with abuse, violence, and harassment while at work.
Public transit has become increasingly unsafe. We will always do our part to advocate for our members and inform the public about where the City of Toronto and the TTC are falling short when it comes to protecting our brothers and sisters.
Ahead of Transit Worker Assault Awareness Day, ATU Local 113 released a member survey that assessed how respondents experienced and reported violence on the system. 73% of respondents have been witness to a form of violence, and most of them didn’t report it. Why? Because they felt they wouldn’t be supported by the TTC.
With the continued pattern of assaults and attacks on our members and passengers, Local 113 President Marvin Alfred spoke to media today to advocate for the rights of our workers. No one should have to go to work in fear of their lives. A clear call to action was emphasized in every media interview. The TTC and the City of Toronto must do more to protect our workers and make public transit safer.
ATU Local 113 will continue to stand up for members and riders.
News Coverage
Online/Print
Toronto Star: TTC workers report a rise in ‘violent incidents’ in survey | The Star
Toronto Star (Editorial): A community approach to improve TTC safety | The Star
Toronto Sun: Riders won’t return if they don’t feel safe, TTC local union head says | Toronto Sun
Broadcast/Radio
CBC News ( 7:27-10:08): CBC Toronto News December 16, 2022 | CBC.ca
NewsTalk 1010: ATU Local 113 President Marvin Alfred with John Moore (iheartradio.ca)
Over the last few weeks, we’ve seen attacks on public transit, one of which resulted in the fatality of a passenger. Unfortunately, violence on the system takes place almost every day.
Tomorrow is Transit Worker Assault Day. It was put in place as an annual reminder of the ongoing advocacy required to keep public transit workers safe. ATU Local 113 put out a member survey, where respondents noted that 70% have witnessed violence on the system. Over half of them didn’t report it, as they felt there wasn’t adequate support in place to do much.
In this video message, the victim of the Long Branch attack, Nelish ‘Nina’ Nazarali, shared the long-term impacts an assault can have on you – mentally, emotionally, and physically.
No one should go to work in fear.
Local 113 President, Marvin Alfred, has a clear call to action for the TTC and the City of Toronto: Do more to make our members and transit passengers feel safe!
This year, we surveyed ATU Local 113 members – 70% told us they have faced workplace violence, while over 50% told us they experienced harassment at work.
The problem is worse than we thought. We’re calling on the TTC and the City of Toronto to work with us to make the TTC a safer place for transit workers and riders alike.
ATU Local 113 calls for action and working together to stop violence and harassment in our workplace.